There are 9 ways to get from Zurich to La Rioja by plane, bus, train (TGV, Renfe), car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Zurich Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane ZRH - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Harobus
6h 47m€91–258Train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Figueres Vilafanttrain
- Take the train from Figueres Vilafant to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain Ave
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Logronotrain Re / ...
16h 26m€266–526Bus
- Take the bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Geneva Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus Station to San Sebastián - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz - Geltokia/Estación to Logroño - Portalesbus L9
21h 25m€112–195Drive 1,276 km
- Drive from Zurich to Logroñocar 1,276 km
13h 42m€226–326Fly Zurich Airport to Logroño-Agoncillo Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Logroño-Agoncillo Airport (RJL)plane ZRH - RJL
8h 36m€116–616Train to Basel, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane BSL - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Harobus
8h 13m€122–374Fly Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane ZRH - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Alfarotrain
8h 50m€132–308Train via Geneva
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain Ter
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Narbonnetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Narbonne to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Logronotrain Re / ...
17h 23m€278–668Bus via Lyon
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Lyonbus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Bilbaobus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz - Geltokia/Estación to Logroño - Portalesbus L9
27h 9m€122–213
Zurich to La Rioja by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to La Rioja is to bus which costs €110 - €200 and takes 21h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to La Rioja is to fly and bus which takes 6h 47m and costs €90 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich station to La Rioja. However, there are services departing from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai and arriving at Logroño - Portales via Geneva - Bus Station, Donostia / San Sebastián and Vitoria-Gasteiz - Geltokia/Estación. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to La Rioja. However, there are services departing from Zürich HB and arriving at Logrono via Mulhouse Ville, Lyon Part Dieu, Figueres Vilafant and Zaragoza-Delicias. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 26m.
The distance between Zurich and La Rioja is 1126 km. The road distance is 1276 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to La Rioja without a car is to train which takes 16h 26m and costs €260 - €550.
It takes approximately 6h 47m to get from Zurich to La Rioja, including transfers.
Zurich to La Rioja bus services, operated by RegioJet, depart from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai.
Zurich to La Rioja train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Zürich HB station.
The best way to get from Zurich to La Rioja is to train which takes 16h 26m and costs €260 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €200 and takes 21h 25m, you could also fly, which costs €110 - €650 and takes 8h 36m.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and La Rioja, Spain?
You can take a train from Zürich HB to Logrono via Mulhouse, Mulhouse Ville, Lyon Part Dieu, Figueres Vilafant, and Zaragoza-Delicias in around 16h 26m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Logroño - Portales via Geneva - Bus Station, Donostia / San Sebastián, and Vitoria-Gasteiz - Geltokia/Estación in around 21h 25m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Logroño-Agoncillo Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Logroño-Agoncillo Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Basel to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Logroño-Agoncillo Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–650
Flights from Basel to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Basel to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Basel to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Figueres Vilafant
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Figueres Vilafant to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Logrono
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Alfaro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Narbonne to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Logrono
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Figueres Vilafant to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +34 945 18 20 60
- alavabus@araba.eus
- Website
- alavabus.eus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Haro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Schedules at
- alavabus.eus
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz - Geltokia/Estación to Logroño - Portales
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Schedules at
- alavabus.eus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Haro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Schedules at
- alavabus.eus
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz - Geltokia/Estación to Logroño - Portales
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Schedules at
- alavabus.eus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Geneva Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to San Sebastián - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- autobuseslaunion.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Zurich to La Rioja bus services, operated by RegioJet, arrive at Geneva Bus Station.
Zurich to La Rioja train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Mulhouse station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to La Rioja is 1276 km. It takes approximately 13h 42m to drive from Zurich to La Rioja.
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